Posted by
RepublicanEvangelist on Friday, January 16, 2009 2:13:21 AM
Count me in the 30 %. I think President Bush is a
great man and was a very good President. Sure there were failings as there are
with all administrations but I will list off memory some of his achievements and
noble attempts in no particular order:
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Kyoto Treaty- He vetoed it. We are seeing record
cold temperatures this winter. The warming of the planet peaked in 1996 or 1997
and has been cooling ever since. It is very cool now, cooler than even Barack
Obama.
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Federal Funding of Stem Cell Research – He vetoed
it. You don't sacrifice the young to save the old. This is a reverse of Soylent
Green. It is a slippery slope that we shouldn't go down as a nation.
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War in Iraq and Afghanistan – He initiated both as
Commander in Chief. It amazes me that somehow it is a bad thing that Saddam
didn't have WMD's. He was clearly trying get them, nuclear weapons in
particular. North Korea shows us that the time to attack is BEFORE they get
them. Once they have them, options are limited and the military option isn't an
option.
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Support for Israel – Never has Israel had a more
staunch ally in the White House. It is the right thing to do for Israel and for
our nation.
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Tax Cuts – They helped stimulate the faltering
economy after the internet bubble burst and 9/11. They helped get the economy
moving again. It is also the right thing to do to return the money to the
people. They money doesn't belong to Washington, it belongs to the people. Tax
cuts didn't cause the huge deficits in Washington, spending did and continues to
now.
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Social Security Reform - If this country goes
bankrupt, it won't be because of Lehman Brothers, AIG or anyone else on Wall
Street. It will be because of runaway entitlement spending number one being
Social Security. Bush tried to grab this third rail. The Democrats in the
congress attacked him like deck hands on the Titanic saying there was no problem
with the ship.
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Immigration Reform – Here I break with members of
my party and much of talk radio. President Bush tried to get something done to
improve the status quo. The result was he lost his base completely. Now we will
probably get a much worse bill with Democrats in control of everything and they
will get credit among Latinos for getting it done.
- Supreme Court Judges Roberts and Alito - Two fine judges who believe in interpreting law and not making it. May they both live long lives on the court.
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No Attack on American Soil –
Most important of all. No one including myself would have predicted
that over eight years would pass after 9/11. Perhaps it was the
security measures the President put in place. Perhaps it was the
Patriot Act and it's ability to “connect the dots.” Perhaps it
was for the first time, we were on offense in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Perhaps the wars got our “allies” in the Arab world in line.
Perhaps killing them over there beats fighting them over here.
People blame Bush for the economy and the stock market and pretty
much everything else they don't like. Consider this, a nuclear
weapon going off on American soil would tank the U.S. Economy and
would be a bummer for the stock market.
Those are the first nine Bush accomplishments (or attempts) that came to mind reflecting on the Presidency of W. Thank you Mr. President. You served the country well.